Ruth Washbrook

Social historian & curator writing women back into history. Dog mum 🐾 . Kindness Always. Own Views

[Scottish History Network @ScotHistNetwork]

The Scottish History Network is planning to relaunch! To help with this we are looking for volunteers to join our new committee. Please share with anyone who may be interested!

Full details here: https://t.co/loAapHoxeM

[The British Newspaper Archive @BNArchive]

Winifred Spooner was a pioneering aviator of the 1920s and 1930s, and in 1931 she became the first woman in the world to be in charge of an aerodrome. She is pictured here by the Daily Mirror, 10 May 1929 https://t.co/5HbBopPlCo #WomenInHistory

[Dr. Marion Allison M.CLDSC @marionacldsc]

Delighted to be at ⁦@OpenUniversity⁩ Graduation day with ⁦@ruthwashbrook⁩ representing ⁦@cldstandards⁩ Huge congratulations to all graduating today👩‍🎓 #LifelongLearning💙🧡

[Hallie Rubenhold @HallieRubenhold]

Historiography is the key to everything. The science of understanding the past is not about collecting and listing facts, but testing how useful those bits of information are within a variety of different contexts and building arguments. Context is king.

[Ruth Washbrook @ruthwashbrook]

@UrbanTwitcher @screenargyll Hey ladies 👋 Jean Cameron is such an inspiration and the programme was great fun to do - hope you are both well 😊

[Ruth Washbrook @ruthwashbrook]

So, dissertation submitted and MA now completed. Simultaneously overjoyed and sad it’s over. It’s been such a journey - a big thank you to everyone that’s been part of it. ❤️🤗

[Ruth Washbrook @ruthwashbrook]

@ellomunro My hair was pretty terrifying in 1987 too

[Walk to Work Glasgow @to_glasgow]

If the sky is grey, look elsewhere for colour.

[Ruth Washbrook @ruthwashbrook]

@to_glasgow Lol 😂 one is mine and one is works - good to have two screens much more productive 😊

[Ruth Washbrook @ruthwashbrook]

Today I have been colouring in cup cakes. Whilst on my lunch break in my home office of course ! 🧁🧁🧁

[Ruth Washbrook @ruthwashbrook]

@HarrietHistory You too Harriet - keep safe and well

[Ruth Washbrook @ruthwashbrook]

@HarrietHistory @OU_OpenDegree Not yet, but have lots of reading to do in the meantime and cataloguing from my previous archive visits 📚📚

[Ruth Washbrook @ruthwashbrook]

@eastendjenny 😁

[Ruth Washbrook @ruthwashbrook]

If only I had bourbons - I have ginger nuts and chocolate digestives what can I make with them?🍪🍪

[Reading Museum @readingmuseum]

Time for a tea break?

In 1921, Reading's iconic biscuits company Huntley & Palmers merged with Peek Freans of Bermondsey, the inventors of the Bourbon!

Here's an incredible Bourbon ad from our archives, as well as one we made earlier.

[Emily @emilymunro.bsky.social @smugafgardening /IG @ellomunro]

Glasgow SEC hospital to be named 'NHS Louisa Jordan' after WW1 field nurse who worked with Scottish Women's Hospitals in Serbia and was born in Maryhill https://t.co/eSJIzFlp4q

[Ruth Washbrook @ruthwashbrook]

@HarrietHistory @OU_OpenDegree That sounds fascinating, I've love to study that too - maybe once A826 is finished. Good luck with it all. 😀

[Ruth Washbrook @ruthwashbrook]

@ellomunro Ah thanks went over the lines a bit. It’s very mindful and a good de-stressor. Especially good during conference calls 🤣

[Ruth Washbrook @ruthwashbrook]

@HarrietHistory @OU_OpenDegree Good luck with your new degree Harriet - what will you be studying? 😀

[Ruth Washbrook @ruthwashbrook]

@HarrietHistory Congratulations Harriet - it was a tough course, big pat on the back. I've found the feedback - thanks - now to work on that for A826. Hope you are doing ok

[Ruth Washbrook @ruthwashbrook]

@ellomunro My dogs too - my Labradoodle had a woofing session whilst I was on a work Skype call 🤣🐶